Nigeria - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Refugees Agro Farm is a newly innovated and registered type of business owned and manage by Refugees in Zamfara State and their Community Stakeholders. It aim at farming and supplies of farm crops such as local rice, soya beans and groundnut for household

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Refugees Agro Farm is a newly innovated and registered type of business owned and manage by Refugees in Zamfara State and their community stakeholders. It aims at farming and supplies of farm crops such as local rice, soya beans and groundnut to households, retailers and wholesalers while the target beneficiaries range from age of 3 years and above. This business give hope for better life existences and promote the economy growth and development of the communities and social well being of the people and refugees in general. It prevents those lacking from depending on government palliatives and donation but rise up to innovate a self business.This fulfill the national sustainable development goals of the country that also create Job opportunity, source of capital and most importantly reduce a significant percentage of inflation rate in country while most of the affected victims in the camp are farmers. Thus, it will helps in operating and managing the project effective and successful.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

(1) Inflation rate of food crops (2) Shortage of farm crops supply (3) Lack of job opportunities (4) Refugees mortality rate

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

(1) Eradicate hunger (2) Promote sustainable agricultural farming relationship between rural farmers in the refugees camp and urban farmers (3) Lower price of available food crops (4) Create job opportunities in communities

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

(1) People, individuals, communities dwellers and refugees. (2) Farm Crops Business Retailers and Wholesalers (3) Communities Markets (4) Restaurants (5) Government Feeding Agencies

01.05 When was your company established?

2022-06-09

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

2

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

1

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

Abdullahi Abbas Maryam by name, she's the financial and marketing executive director. She also render support in agribusiness enterprenuers vocational support training to our newly employees. One among the founders while having numerous and experience in nursing and midwifery, and malnutrition skill support in humanitarian service at refugees camp Zamfara State.

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://www.facebook.com/eagribusines?mibextid=JRoKGi

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

l) Farming

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Strongly agree=7 The response above justify to our kind of business industry (farming). And farming is among the main source of wealth fighting against poverty and stabilize the economy growth and development of any Community, Local, State or Federal.

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree' (7) The unique sources of food flows through farming activities. This shows how our business line contribute to fulfill to zero hunger.

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree' (7) Good health resulted from the availability of food crops consumed.

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

The kind of quality education that is of most beneficial to humanity wouldn't bridge beyond agricultural education. This is the type of education that we provide vocationally to our employees such as modern farming technology and others to maximize our farming output.

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

75% of our employees favour the female genders during crops processing, farming, packaging and harvesting period, that why our firm is ready to recruit more female genders as one among our next milestone.

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

3

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) This response indicate how important water is to agricultural system

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) An affordable and clean energy can be develope through maintainance and use of bio- agricultural produce.

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) This Agricultural business services is the main backbone of economy growth and developments through the production of agricultural farming output

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) The main source is the harvesting crops serves as raw material for industrial purpose and innovation

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) Both the genders participate accordingly in agricultural farming system. Females gender plays most important role in processing of farm crops to be ready for industrial use or consume

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

Through our farming activities, a sustainable community can be develope through abundances cultivation and enrich the economy of a given communities or society.

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) This agribusiness serve as a way of feeding and source of capital.

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7)

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

Water is most important aspect in farming activitiesa and in existences of living.

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

6

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

Land in used is the first factor to be considered in executing farming system

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) The action of participating in to our agribusiness can contribute to peace and creation of a harmonize environment.

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

Strongly Agree'(7) This firm partnership channel the potential of success and easy management to agribusiness service

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

4

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

3

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

6

06.08 Justification for my startup

This business startup becomes unique as results of free access to man power,free land cover and free management.

06.09 Competitive Analysis

(1) Food crops business hoarders (2) Community retailers and wholesalers (3) contractors

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

(1) Production of free access to poultry feeds for females households retailers in the community and refugees camp (2) Engaged the females enterprenuer into free vocational training on the important households farming and skills to adopt (3) Provide free access to practice on how to maintain poultry farming.